Monday, February 13, 2012

Revealed: Weiner’s In-Laws’ Secret Muslim Brotherhood Connections

Revealed: Weiner’s In-Laws’ Secret Muslim Brotherhood Connections

By Walid Shoebat and Ben Barrack

The following report was originally published here[1].Was Huma Abedin — wife of Anthony Weiner and deputy chief of staff to Hillary Clinton — unaware that her mother was reported as a member of the Muslim Brotherhood? Did Western media miss what has been revealed in several Arab newspapers and left secret in American government circles?Al-Liwa Al-Arabi[2] (translated here[3]) claims to have leaked an extensive list, partially published by Al-Jazeera[4] and several other major Arab newspapers, that includes Huma’s mother, Saleha Abedin, in the Brotherhood’s secret women’s division — known as the Muslim Sisterhood or International Women’s Organization (IWO).Information about the IWO can readily be found at the Muslim Brotherhood’s official website[5]. An excerpt from its goal, translated from the Arabic, states:

The Women Organization’s goal, in accordance with the Muslim Brotherhood rules, is to gain and acquire a unified global perception in every nation in the world regarding the position of women, and the necessity of advocacy work at all levels in accordance with the message of the Brotherhood, as written in Women in Muslim Society, and the rearing of women throughout the different stages of life [emphasis added].

The Egyptian paper Al-Dostor revealed that the Sisterhood includes 63 international members across 16 different countries — a claim confirmed by the Arab Center for Studies, headed by researcher Abdul Rahim Ali.[6]Neither Huma nor any major Western media outlets even mention this bit of common knowledge in the Arab world.But there is more. Also confirmed[7] by Arab sources is that Huma Abedin has a brother who works at Oxford University named Hassan Abedin. Oxford, which has long been infiltrated by Islamists who founded the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies[7] (OCIS), has Huma’s brother listed as a fellow[8] and partner with a number of Muslim Brotherhood members[9] on the Board — including al-Qaeda associate Omar Naseef[10] and the notorious Muslim Brotherhood leader Sheikh Yusuf Qaradawi[11]. Both have been listed as OCIS trustees.[12]Naseef continues to serve as Board chairman.[13]In 2009, Qaradawi’s role within Oxford[14] and the Muslim Brotherhood was championed[15] by the notorious Sheikh Rached Ghannouchi of Al-Nahda – a Muslim Brotherhood affiliate now active in Tunisia. OCIS has even presented an award[16] for great scholarly achievement to Brotherhood member Shaykh Abd Al-Fattah Abu Gudda, whose personal history goes back to the Brotherhood’s founder, Hasan al-Banna.Even the Sunday Timesacknowledges[17] that the cradle[18] of Islamic jihad — Al-Azhar University — actively attempts to establish links with OCIS, where Huma’s brother serves.Was Huma unaware[19] of all this as she accompanied[20] Hillary Clinton to the Dar El-Hekma[21] women’s college in Saudi Arabia? Huma’s mother is co-founder and vice dean at the college and an active missionary on issues regarding Muslim women.Another member listed as belonging to the Sisterhood mentioned by Al-Jazeera[4] is Suheir Qureshi. Alongside Huma’s mother, Saleha Abedin, as well as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who was brought in due to her connection with Huma, Qureshi spoke on issues of women in Muslim society. An Arabic news report[22] of what happened during[23]Hillary’s visit[20] stated that:

Suheir Qureshi spoke of how elated she was of Hillary’s historic visit…. Saleha Abedin spoke after Suheir Qureshi and beamed in the presence of Secretary Clinton. Saleha’s speech preceded the former first lady’s. Then Hillary stood. She donned a broad smile as she approached the podium….Clinton started with a strong word and she spent a long time complimenting Dr. Saleha Abedin regarding her daughter. Hillary explained that Huma holds an important and sensitive position in her office.She ended her speech by speaking of Saleha Abedin’s daughter (Huma), that a person must be happy if mentioned in a positive light but there is no happiness that equals the compliment given to children in front of a parent [emphasis added].

It is sacrilege in Islam for Huma’s mother to accept the reality that her daughter is married to a Jew. Yet neither Saleha nor Huma’s brother Hassan denounces her marriage to Weiner, especially when it was considered null and void[24] by some of the highest authorities[25] on Islamic Sharia rulings.Huma’s brother has been key in furthering the Islamic agenda[26] and has worked with Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal on a program of “spreading Islam to the west.” A detailed report[10] from 2007 shows that Naseef was identified as the likely force behind the Abedin family’s departure from Kalamazoo, Michigan, to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, circa 1977 – the same year that the Muslim Sisterhood was established.In 2008, Dr. Mumen Muhammad wrote about[27] why Huma vowed to stay with Hillary even if the latter were to lose the presidential nomination to Obama:

Abedin assures in press releases of her continuance on the path with Hillary Clinton, even if Clinton failed as a candidate. The candidate’s aides and other influential figures in the Democratic Party assure that they do not disregard Abedin running for election or taking her position in the political arena with the help in successive political administrations of the Clinton family itself [emphasis added].

Hillary Clinton signed a document[28] less than one month prior to her trip to Saudi Arabia with Huma that lifted the ban[29] on Tariq Ramadan, allowing him entry into the United States. (Ramadan is the grandson of the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood, Hasan al-Banna[30], and has ties to Islamic terrorist groups.) The Clinton family played a key role in promoting Fethullah Gülen, the extremely powerful Turkish imam and notorious Islamist conspirator, as he fled Turkey for the United States after attempting to overthrow Turkey’s secular government. (He was indicted[31] on this charge in 2000.) In 2008, the former president heaped praise[32] on Gülen, giving him a clean slate. Gülen has been given refuge and has even had sermons aired on Turkish television during which he explained to his followers how to best seize power[33] from the Turkish government:

You must move in the arteries of the system without anyone noticing your existence until you reach all the power centers… until the conditions are ripe….Until that time, any step taken would be too early — like breaking an egg without waiting the full forty days for it to hatch. It would be like killing the chick inside [emphasis added].

The philosophy of our service is that we open a house somewhere and, with the patience of a spider, we lay our web to wait for people to get caught in the web; and we teach those who do [emphasis added].

Serving with Huma’s brother as an Oxford Centre trustee[12] is Abdullah Gül[35], Turkey’s president himself. He considers himself a follower of Fethullah Gülen, according to Wikileaks.[36]Huma Abedin’s charm, family connections, and access to highly sensitive state secrets — as admitted by Hillary herself — can have significant consequences. What absolutely must be known is if this circle of public servants was made aware of all these ties to potential enemies of the state.